US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday accused Myanmar's army of "brutally repressing peaceful protestors" as security forces escalate the use of lethal force against anti-coup demonstrators. "In Burma, the military is attempting to overturn the results of a democratic election and is brutally repressing peaceful protesters," he said in Tokyo on his first overseas trip, using an alternative name for Myanmar. bur-sah-kaf/mtp